Yubing Lu

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yubing Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yubing Lu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yubing Lu's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (6 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (6 papers). Yubing Lu is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (6 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (6 papers). Yubing Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Yubing Lu's co-authors include Fen‐Biao Gao, Sandra Almeida, Leonard Petrucelli, Bruce L. Miller, Dejun Yang, Tania F. Gendron, Hélène Tran, Nisha M. Badders, Hong Joo Kim and Kyung‐Ha Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Yubing Lu

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9orf72 compromises nucleocytoplasmic transport

2015 600 citations Brian D. Freibaum, Yubing Lu et al. Nature profile →
Poly(GR) in C9ORF72 -Related ALS/FTD Compromises Mitochondrial Function and Increases Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons

2016 315 citations Yubing Lu, Tania F. Gendron et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yubing Lu United States	14	1.1k	1.0k	687	367	255	29	1.8k
Chantelle F. Sephton Canada	16	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	709 1.0×	209 0.6×	308 1.2×	28	1.9k
Elke Bogaert Belgium	16	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	798 1.2×	444 1.2×	383 1.5×	19	2.2k
Max Koppers Netherlands	15	921 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	612 0.9×	332 0.9×	234 0.9×	23	1.8k
Ana Jovičić United States	11	749 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	458 0.7×	271 0.7×	154 0.6×	12	1.6k
Serena Lattante Italy	23	1.2k 1.1×	771 0.8×	764 1.1×	209 0.6×	247 1.0×	54	1.8k
Véronique Belzil Canada	22	996 0.9×	772 0.8×	653 1.0×	264 0.7×	149 0.6×	29	1.5k
Alexander Hruscha Germany	9	752 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	482 0.7×	170 0.5×	193 0.8×	12	1.6k
Shaughn Bell United States	12	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	893 1.3×	424 1.2×	378 1.5×	18	2.4k
Asako Otomo Japan	20	1.1k 1.0×	822 0.8×	639 0.9×	352 1.0×	226 0.9×	44	1.9k
Adrian J. Waite United Kingdom	17	725 0.6×	643 0.6×	352 0.5×	324 0.9×	206 0.8×	20	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yubing Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yubing Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yubing Lu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yubing Lu. Yubing Lu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Gulfam, Raza, Zilong Deng, Izzat Iqbal Cheema, et al.. (2025). Condensation dynamics, heat transfer and energy-exergy analyses on slippery-liquid infused copper nanowires. Applied Thermal Engineering. 269. 126058–126058. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Yubing, Hisashi Fujioka, Wenzhang Wang, & Xiongwei Zhu. (2023). Bezafibrate confers neuroprotection in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1869(8). 166841–166841. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Wenzhang, Fanpeng Zhao, Yubing Lu, et al.. (2023). Damaged mitochondria coincide with presynaptic vesicle loss and abnormalities in alzheimer’s disease brain. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 54–54. 24 indexed citations

Lu, Yubing, Ryan J. H. West, M. Pons�, Sean T. Sweeney, & Fen‐Biao Gao. (2020). Ik2/TBK1 and Hook/Dynein, an adaptor complex for early endosome transport, are genetic modifiers of FTD-associated mutant CHMP2B toxicity in Drosophila. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14221–14221. 11 indexed citations

Lu, Yubing, Tania F. Gendron, Anna Karydas, et al.. (2016). Poly(GR) in C9ORF72 -Related ALS/FTD Compromises Mitochondrial Function and Increases Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons. Neuron. 92(2). 383–391. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

Tran, Hélène, Sandra Almeida, Jill E. Moore, et al.. (2015). Differential Toxicity of Nuclear RNA Foci versus Dipeptide Repeat Proteins in a Drosophila Model of C9ORF72 FTD/ALS. Neuron. 87(6). 1207–1214. 144 indexed citations

Yang, Dejun, et al.. (2015). FTD/ALS-associated poly(GR) protein impairs the Notch pathway and is recruited by poly(GA) into cytoplasmic inclusions. Acta Neuropathologica. 130(4). 525–535. 96 indexed citations

Freibaum, Brian D., Yubing Lu, Nam Chul Kim, et al.. (2015). GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9orf72 compromises nucleocytoplasmic transport. Nature. 525(7567). 129–133. 600 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Yubing, Zhijun Zhang, Danqiong Sun, Sean T. Sweeney, & Fen‐Biao Gao. (2013). Syntaxin 13, a Genetic Modifier of Mutant CHMP2B in Frontotemporal Dementia, Is Required for Autophagosome Maturation. Molecular Cell. 52(2). 264–271. 58 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhijun, Sandra Almeida, Yubing Lu, et al.. (2013). Downregulation of MicroRNA-9 in iPSC-Derived Neurons of FTD/ALS Patients with TDP-43 Mutations. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76055–e76055. 111 indexed citations

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Sun, Kailiang, Jakub Orzechowski Westholm, Kazuya Tsurudome, et al.. (2012). Neurophysiological Defects and Neuronal Gene Deregulation in Drosophila mir-124 Mutants. PLoS Genetics. 8(2). e1002515–e1002515. 48 indexed citations

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González-Pérez, Paloma, Yubing Lu, Ru-Ju Chian, et al.. (2012). Association of UBQLN1 mutation with Brown–Vialetto–Van Laere syndrome but not typical ALS. Neurobiology of Disease. 48(3). 391–398. 17 indexed citations

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Lu, Yubing, et al.. (2012). The FTD/ALS-associated RNA-binding protein TDP-43 regulates the robustness of neuronal specification through microRNA-9a in Drosophila. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(2). 218–225. 31 indexed citations

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Lu, Yubing, et al.. (2009). Frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-associated disease protein TDP-43 promotes dendritic branching. Molecular Brain. 2(1). 30–30. 105 indexed citations

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Lu, Yubing, Fei Wang, Yanfei Li, et al.. (2008). The Drosophila homologue of the Angelman syndrome ubiquitin ligase regulates the formation of terminal dendritic branches. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(3). 454–462. 65 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jianfeng, et al.. (2003). Purification and Activation In Vitro of MoFe Protein from a nifE Deleted Mutant Strain of Azotobacter vinelandii. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 45(7). 815–819. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ying, et al.. (2003). Crystal Growth of Nitrogenase CrFe Protein and MnFe Protein in Space. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 45(9). 1043–1048. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Yubing, et al.. (2002). Purification and Characterization of Cr-containing Nitrogenase Component I. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 44(3). 297–300. 2 indexed citations

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Lu, Yubing, et al.. (2002). Crystalline Growth of Nitrogenase CrFe Protein. 44(4). 400–404. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Daoyong, et al.. (2001). Growth of the crystals of nitrogenase MnFe protein. Zhiwu xuebao. 43(4). 375–379. 1 indexed citations

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